Personal Details

Place of Birth:         Melbourne Australia

Location:                Mansfield, Victoria - Australia

Qualifications:         B. Ed (Art & Crafts) 1987

                             Dip. Arts - Ceramics 2004

 

AWARDS /GRANTS:

• Recipient of Arts Victoria grant for Artists - In - Schools program 2009 at Mansfield Primary School.
• Winner 2008 Mt Buller Art Prize - Mansfield Shire section, for the painting titled 'Regeneration' as judged by Patrick McCaughey, Robert Nelson and Peter Rancie.

 

EXHIBITIONS:

Solo Exhibitions

2009      Nov         Spring Arts - Mansfield

2009      March      Mt Buller - concurrently with Mt Buller Art Prize

2008      Oct/Nov   Craft Victoria EnCounter [in the window] - "Wildflower"

2008      March      Mt Buller - concurrently with Mt Buller Art Prize

2007      April         Mt Buller - concurrently with Mt Buller Art Prize

2006      June         Solo Exhibition - "Elemental Exposure" Antipodes Bookshop Gallery,                                              Sorrento

Invitational Exhibitions

2010      March      'Melting Pot' - Manningham City Gallery, a French/Australian exhibition

2009      Aug         'Delicate Matters' - Skepsi on Swanston, Melbourne

2008      Aug          "In The Making" Craft Victoria 8 August - 9 September

2007      Oct           Masterworks - Eltham College

2007      Feb          'And There Was Light' - Invitational National exhibition with 8 other artists                                       Cudgegong Gallery, Gulgong NSW

2006      Aug          'Surface Connections' - Invitational, Manningham City Gallery, Victoria

2006      Jan           'High Tea - the beauty of beakers' Invitational, Collect Gallery, Sydney

2004      Nov          9x5½ Exhibition - Invitational, Antipodes Bookshop Gallery, Sorrento

Selected Exhibitions

2009      March      Finalist - Manningham Victorian Ceramics Award, Manningham City Gallery -                            acquired for Public Art Collection

2008      March      Mt Buller Art Prize for painting, see Awards above

2007      Sept         Fringe Furniture - Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne Museum

2007      April         Mt Buller Art Prize - painting

2005      May          'On The Table' selected exhibition, Planet Furniture, Sydney

2004      Oct           "Composed" - selected exhibition, VCG at Gasworks St Kilda

2003-current           Pottery Expo @, Federation Square, McClelland Gallery and Warrandyte

1987                        National Tertiary Painting exhibition, Bathurst

Group Exhibitions

2006      Sept         Ceramics Exhibition at Elliotts Hair Studio, South Yarra

2006      Easter      art @ Après Bar, The Chalet Hotel, Mt Buller

2005      June         [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne (Feature Ceramic artist)

2004      Nov          Graduate exhibition - Dip Arts Ceramics Holmesglen TAFE

2004      Oct           Dandenong Ranges Open Studio Weekend

2003      Sept.         "Clarity" Skepsi On Swanston,

2003      April          "Upstarts" Pat Emery Award exhibition, Victorian Ceramics Group, Bendigo

2002     Dec            'Stoked!' Exhibition, Glen Eira City Council Gallery,

Galleries and Retail

·        National Gallery of Victoria Shops - International and Australia

·        Craft Victoria - Flinders Lane, Melbourne

·        Royal Botanical Gardens - Melbourne and Cranbourne

         Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton Victoria

         McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park - Langwarrin, Victoria

·        Anitpodes Gallery Bookshop - Sorrento, Victoria

·        The Muse Gallery of Milawa - located in Milawa Cheese Factory complex, Milawa Victoria

·         Green-Wood Gallery, South Yarra and Lorne Victoria

          Boardwalk Art Gallery, Merimbula

Experience

2005-06.                Sessional Lecturer - Holmesglen Institute TAFE - Ceramics

2004      Sept         Taught adult oil painting classes from studio

2001                     Tutored adult education Photography classes, Berwick S.C

1997 - 2000           Ceramics sold through retail outlets and craft markets

1991 - 1995           Travelled extensively abroad & worked in Switzerland for several years

1988 - 2000           Secondary Art teaching in Ceramics, Photography, Art & Studio Arts

Commissions

2008                      Mt Buller Resort Management - Sponsors' gifts for the RT Edgar Alpine                               Mt Buller Art Prize and Exhibition

2006                       Mt Buller Resort Management - Sponsors' gifts for the RT Edgar Alpine                               Mt Buller Art Prize and Exhibition & Gift for Arts Minister, Lynne Kosky

2006                       Mt Buller Resort Management - Sponsors' gifts for the RT Edgar Alpine                               Mt Buller Art Prize and Exhibition 2006

2005      Nov          MAZDA Australia - Corporate Gifts

2006      June         Lake Nillahcootie Estate Winery - votives for tables in restaurant

2005      Feb          International Commissions -

                                — Gifts for delegates from 11 countries attending the International Ski                                 Patrollers' Conference, France   

                                — Wedding Gifts to USA, India & New Zealand

2004      July           Commissioned to paint three 13m² murals for Taskworks, Mulgrave

Publications

2008      March      High Country Times - front page

2005                       The Journal of Australian Ceramics - Vol 44#2, pp 54-56

2005      May          Australian House & Garden magazine, pg 27

2005      9 April      Herald-Sun, Home magazine, pg 18

2003                       Pottery in Australia, Vol 42, Number 2

2003      17/9         Ranges Leader newspaper